Combined hand corn-planter and fertilizer-distributer



Combined HandCorjnP1anter and Fertilize-Dstributer.

' No. 224,242. Parmed'Feb. 3, @8o.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAvID A.A swAN'sON, OFRIOGRANDE, OHIO.

COMBINED HAND CORN-PLANTER `AND'PERULlzEt-DlsnnBunn. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.`224,242, dated February 3, 1880.

l Application filed December `2, 1879.

Theobject of this invention is to furnish combined hand corn-planters and fertilizer-droppers so constructed that the corn and fertilizer will be deposited at the same timeand at the same depth or at dili'crent depths, asprequired.

A B C are three narrow boards' of suitable length. To the side edges of the lower end of the middle board, B, are rigidly att-ached two plates, D, to and betweenthe upper parts.v of the sideV edges ofA which are pivoted the lower part-s ofthe side boards, A 0,'by screws i E, passing through the said plates D andinto theside edges of the said side boards, A C.

To the outer sides of the upper ends ofthe side boards, A C, are attached handles'F, by means of which thermachine is carried and operated.

To the outer sides of the'side boards, A C, a little below the handles F', are attached boxes or hoppers Gr, one of which is designed to receive corn and the other bone-dust, ashes, lime, or other fine fertilizer.

The hoppers G are provided with covers H.' The corn and fertilizer are removed from the hoppers G by the sliding` bars I, which rest upon the bottoms of the said hoppers G, and work through holes-in the outer sides of the hoppers Gr and in the side boards, A G.

1n the sliding bars l are formed holes J, to receive the corn and fertilizer and remove them from the hoppers Gr. The size of the holes J is regulated by plates K, the ends of which are bent down to enter the holes J, and form one side ofthe said holes.

The plates K are slotted to receive the screws by which they are secured to the bars I, so that they may be adjusted as may be required.

The inner ends of the sliding bars I are hinged to the center board, B.

With this'construction, as the upper ends of the side boards, A C, are moved inward against the center board, B, the holes J of the bars 1 with corn andthe other with the fertilizer. As the. upper ends of the side boards, A C, are moved outward, the holes J of the slides I enter thegspaces between the side boardsA C,

`and fertilizer into the said spaces.

The dropping-slides I are kept from carryingout any more than enough to till their droppin g-'holes by leather cut-offs Q, attached to the side boards, A C, just above the holes through which the said slides I Work. The corn and fertilizer are kept from'falling out between the sideedges of the boards AB G by strips L, of oil-cloth, leather, .or other suitable material, `attached to the said edges, and which are made of such a width as to allow the side boards, A C, to have a free movement.

To the lower end of the center board, B, is rigidly attached the center jaw, M, which has shoulders formed upon the lower parts of its sides, making its lower part thinner, as shown the side jaws, N, may be raised and lowered asy required.

the side boards, A C, are moved inward to bring the holes J of the sliding bars 'I into the hoppers G to be again lled', the lower ends of the said side boards, A C,`are moved apart,

and thecenter board, B, to drop out into the hole formed in the soil by thrusting the closed jaws N M N into the soil. With this construction, by adjusting the side jaws, N, at the same height, the corn and fertilizer will be dropped together. By adjusting one of the jaws N higher than the other the fertilizer maybe deposited below or above the corn and not in conand the center board, B, and drop the corn boards', A G, to receive the screws O, so that With this construction, as the upper ends of.v

enter the hoppers Gr and become filled, the one inF'ig. l. N are the side jaws, which are seand allow the corn and fertilizer between them IOO tact with it. This adjustment allows new ashes side boards, A C, of the stationaryoenter jaw, to be dropped with the corn in such a way that M, the two adjustable side jaws, N N, and the it will not injure the corn, and at the same screws O O, substantially as herein shown and time will protect the corn from any cut-worms described, whereby the machine may be made 15 5 that may be in the soil. to deposit the corn and fertilizer at the same Having thus described my invention, I claim depth or at different depths, as set forth. 3S 116W and desire t0 Secure IJettel'S Paltentn In a combined hand oornplanter and fertil- Witnesses: 1o izer-dropper, the combination, with the sta- J. C. GROSS,

tionary center board, B, and the two pivoted J. T. SHERRITT. 

